mtg wizardcycling cards Un-Intuitive Magic Random Mechanic Monday: Typecycling –

In the late game, it's pretty easy to skip a turn to trigger Gavony Dawnguard to draw a card and then cast two spells the following turn (with the help of the one we get from Gavony Dawnguard) to trigger Dawnguard again, quickly burying our opponent in card advantage

Most control decks on the other hand are either going more the direction of the agro decks and getting card advantage alongside their other effects from cards like Consecrated Sphinx or planeswalkers or they are running a card advantage engine such as Life from the Loam

These discard spells are being used as an answer to the opponent's biggest threats

The creature's rules text is over on the right

With mana fixing as a primary reason for fetch lands, Izzet-colored decks are among the most in need of all their colors as soon as possible, thus we get the premium on one of the games best lands for red and blue